tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443161883363295654.post5515591830040811155..comments2009-07-17T13:54:14.426-05:00Comments on Entanglement....: -At least pay better!Phys Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09769359950064512603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443161883363295654.post-34352871309782937242008-09-19T07:48:00.000-05:002008-09-19T07:48:00.000-05:00al anine, "but during my MS I made $13K annually a...al anine, <BR/><BR/>"but during my MS I made $13K annually and <B>survived</B> and had fun. Given I did not attend a lot of movies! "<BR/><BR/>Why do we have to "survive"? We make basically the same as a waiter, but a waiter has more free time (he can work two-jobs, he can go home and sleep, or whatever). <BR/><BR/>As for working out late at night, why? why why why? Why are grad students supposed to give up their lives? <BR/><BR/>I understand that going to grad school is a personal decision, we are here because we want to, but that doesn't mean that we must be treated like shit.<BR/><BR/>In my experience, some university administrators try to make it "nice" for their students, but departments and advisors do not really care. They want results, and they expect you to work long, extra hours.Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09769359950064512603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443161883363295654.post-5088811259058614192008-09-04T11:50:00.000-05:002008-09-04T11:50:00.000-05:00Interesting post. I think graduate school is hard ...Interesting post. I think graduate school is hard if you want to have a normal life. I did a terminal MS before I started my Ph.D. and I had no friends I spent time with on any regular basis that were not in my program(now I just have no friends, hah!). As for excercise, you can always find an hour or two while an experiment is running to go off to the gym or work out late at night. Being a graduate student is stressful but I think it is also very satisfying. And what is everyones preoccupation with money? If by $1000 a month you include rent and such I can understand that this is not a lot of money but during my MS I made $13K annually and survived and had fun. Given I did not attend a lot of movies! <BR/>Some University health programs include visits to a massage therapists, just complain of low-back pain hah! <BR/>I think that if you don't gain some visceral perverse sort of pleasure from doing science, grad school will always be a pain or just really long.Al Aninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784527564272328809noreply@blogger.com